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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Burgesses of Caernarfon. King. The burgesses of Caernarfon state that at the King's...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/141/7042
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This record is about the Burgesses of Caernarfon. King. The burgesses of Caernarfon state that at the King's... dating from [1307] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/141/7042
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1307]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Burgesses of Caernarfon.
- Addressees
- King.
- Nature of request
- The burgesses of Caernarfon state that at the King's father's last parliament, at London, they were granted a writ to William de Suttone, Justice of North Wales, to survey the tenancy of the lands held by the burgesses in Caernarfon, and to deliver to them those lands suitable for pasture which had not yet been delivered, according to the tenancy of each burgess. This was never done, because William de Suttone died shortly afterwards. The burgesses request a similar writ to the present Justice.
- Nature of endorsement
- He is to go to Chancery and have a writ as before.
- Places mentioned
- Caernarfon, [Caernarfonshire, Wales]
- London.
- People mentioned
- [Edward I], King of England
- William de Suttone (Sutton), Justice of North Wales.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Dated to 1307 by Petitions Relating to Wales p.237, with reference to the death of William de Suttone in April 1306, and to the late King.In Petitions Relating to Wales p.237 this petition has been mis-numbered as SC 8/141/7040, and the endorsement seems to be quite different there.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Ancient Petitions Relating to Wales, Board of Celtic Studies, History and Law, (University of Wales, 1975), p.237 (calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209179/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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